whats the WORST THING about a Corvette?

Question

dont say gas mileage,
and dont say "they break down."

best answer gets best answer. =)

Answer 1

I'm sure that they have improved them, but the earlier ones were prone to fiberglass stress cracks in the body.

There are advantages and dis advantages to the Vette.

If you buy it right, you can keep it and when you sell it, you'll get your money back. They do tend to hold their value.

They are prone to theft, insurance is fairly high.

If someone hits you, the body damage will cost more and take longer to fix than an average steel car.

You do draw extra attention to yourself, this may be an advantage or a disadvantage. It could be a good looking girl or it could be a cop eying you up.

I also had the bad habit of putting my foot a little too deep into the accelerator. I liked how it would slam you back into your seat.

Everybody should own a Vette, once in their life.

It is an experience, not to be missed.

Ex-Vette owner.

Answer 2

I have had a C5 for over 4 years now.
Just to dispell a couple rumors above...
with the 6-speed I can get 30+mpg on the highway and I generally get low 20's for a tank average.
I bought it when I was 25 and the insurance was less than $100/month with another vehicle on my own policy. FWIW, my Camaro Z28 was more expensive to insure.

Corvettes were made with fiberglass since 1953, so the guy that said they are deathtraps & GM started using fiberglass in the 80's has no idea what he is talking about. I have seen some nasty crashes with C5's on the track and drivers have walked away. They are very safe, check the ratings. They actually stopped using fiberglass on the C4's and began using something called Sheet-molded Composite (SMC). That is used on many many cars built today.

From the SAE website:
Best Engineered Car of the 20th Century

After reviewing all the votes for the winners of each decade and carefully reviewing the vehicles, the overall winner turned out to be a tie between the 1999 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible and 1999 Mercedes-Benz S500. Both vehicles have a long heritage of engineering excellence and these two cars are fine examples of the engineering technology that developed over the past 100 years. Each is a winner in its own right — the Corvette as a two seat convertible and the Mercedes-Benz S500 as a sedan. Our congratulations to both companies!


The only bad thing I can really come up with is the fact that is is useless in the winter. If you live in a warm climate, I see no problems.

Answer 3

The Worst Thing about a Corvette is not owning one. And another thing is how low it is so its kind of hard to get in. And also how noisy the cabin of the car is when riding on the freeway (But music could help that). And another thing is how low the C5 Corvettes are a little rock could bounch and chip the fender. But dont get me wrong I LOVE CORVETTES!

Answer 4

in recent years the vettes have been improving greatly from year to year, so the guy who owns a new one for two years becomes jealous of the guy with the two month old one because it slightly better. also, to the guy who said that you feel every bump on the road, he is right, but it is a corvette after all and they are designed that way for handling purposes. if you want a car that rides like a lexus LS don't buy the corvette. that is the only bad thing

Answer 5

I used to have to drive these all the time when I worked at manheim and they were really cool but not very roomy on the inside and 245x17R tires are very expensive. Can't drive it in the winter at least not here in Michigan at least if you want to live to see spring, they are also prohibitively expensive, also one of them made me look like a jack *** once because the 6 speed has the reverse in the down position rather then up and I was making a huge fit about it because I thought it was broke ( was just learning to drive a stick at the time. The manual tranny is really forgiving but the clutch gets heavy after a while.

Answer 6

All the old farts who buy/drive one as a status image thinking it will help them get younger women because I drive a Corvette, I must be cool! You know, the ones who are barely doing the speed limit in the granny lane on the highway.

Same kind of people who have a grand total of two thousand miles on a Big Dog after owning it for four years.

Answer 7

They are the best bang for your buck as far as performace/horsepower goes, but atleast in my area "everyone" has one and they are extremely easy to get, and if you dont go to the track you are just getting another "mid-life" crisis car, or trying to show your status, when in actuality they are not that expensive as far as sports cars go and alot of people have them. But if you like them, more power to you and enjoy the ride :). Good luck and hope this helps you out

Boomer

Answer 8

The speeding tickets you're bound to get... Otherwise I can't see any downfall to owning a Corvette.

Answer 9

Cost of ownership
People staring at you thinking nice Vette.
ricers wanting to race you all the time to prove how stupid they are.
Jealous people that hate you and you're car.
All that power on tap is too tempting on a wide open freeway.
Cops watch you.
Theft magnet(car thieves love them) worrying about it being stolen.
not a practical car.

Answer 10

Those beautiful women that are always following me around. They think I'm a rich, handsome, upper middle aged stud.
When I drive my Toyota, they leave me alone.